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Nope, not at all. I am just very familiar with the stats-and-status conscious people like you and your daughter. You dismiss any accomplishment of those you consider “relatively poor” (compared to yourself, of course) as having been handed to them intstead of earned. So much so that you refuse to see the factual information - SCHOLARSHIP ACCEPTANCES COME OUT BEFORE FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS ARE DUE - and hold on to your elitist views.</p>
<p>As I said before, I guarantee your daughter does not know that I have a scholarship or what my financial information is because I refuse to answer those intrusive questions. I have, however, been present when people like her are badgering others to know what their “stats” are and if they got a scholarship. Then - because they are ignorant of my situation - they try to gossip with me about how that person only got the scholarship because he/she was poor. I would not be surprised if that was your daughter.</p>
<p>And nope - it doesn’t give me a “chip on my shoulder,” it gives me the determination to counter your ridiculous, unsupported claims. I will continue to do so even if you no longer are glad I was admitted to USC, or that I was handed a scholarship just because I was poor - relative to you, of course.</p>
<p>I didn’t quote something out of the blue, I quoted something from your post:
The phrasing suggests that the person was being badgered into “admitting” something. Why would anyone else’s scores be any of your - or your daughter’s - business? </p>
<p>As for who does the scholarship interviews, It is two faculty members and a current Trustee/Presidential scholar. Then each school chooses their scholarship recipients - not the financial aid dept. Each year I am invited to be a student interviewer, and I believe this year I will participate. I can’t wait to see the two faculty members going through the Zip Codes to determine who will get the scholarship. I’ll be sure to update this thread afterwards.</p>